Plant Mahonia aquifolium (Berberidaceae) | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Names

Oregon Grape; Blue Barberry; Holly Barberry; Holly Mahonia; Mountain Grape

How this plant is used

Medicinal

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List of plant chemicals.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Chemical Name	Activity Count	Plant Part	Low Parts Per Million	High Parts Per Million	Standard Deviation	Reference
(+)-SYRINGARESINOL	4	Bark	not available	28.0	not available	Wirth, C., Wagner, H. 1997. Pharmacologically Active Phenolic Compounds from the Bark of Mahonia aquifolium. Phytomedicine, 4(4): 357-358.
3-HYDROXY-4-METHOXYPHENYLETHYL-ALCOHOL	0	Bark	not available	116.0	not available	Wirth, C., Wagner, H. 1997. Pharmacologically Active Phenolic Compounds from the Bark of Mahonia aquifolium. Phytomedicine, 4(4): 357-358.
AQUIFOLINE	0	Root	not available	365.0	not available	Kostalova, D., Uhrin, D., Hrochova, V., Tomko, J. 1987. A new bisbenzylisoquinoline alkaloid from Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt. Collect Czech Chem Commun, 52(1): 242-246.
AROMOLINE	2	Root	not available	not available	not available	Kostalova, D., Hrochova, V., Tomko, J. 1986. Tertiary Alkaloids of Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt. III. Chem Pap, 40(3): 389-394.
AROMOLINE	2	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Kostalova, D., Hrochova, V., Tomko, J. 1986. Tertiary Alkaloids of Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt. III. Chem Pap, 40(3): 389-394.
BALUCHISTINE	0	Root	not available	40.0	not available	Kostalova, D., Uhrin, D., Hrochova, V., Tomko, J. 1987. A new bisbenzylisoquinoline alkaloid from Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt. Collect Czech Chem Commun, 52(1): 242-246.
BERBAMINE	38	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BERBAMINE	38	Leaf	not available	31.0	not available	Slavik, J., Bochorakova, J., Kostalova, D., Hrochova, V. 1985. Alkaloids of Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt. II. Chem Pap, 39(4): 537-542.
BERBAMINE	38	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BERBAMINE	38	Seed	not available	not available	not available	Kostalova, D., Hrochova, V., Tomko, J. 1986. Tertiary Alkaloids of Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt. III. Chem Pap, 40(3): 389-394.
BERBAMINE	38	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Khusainova, K. S. and Sadykov, Y. D. 1986. Alkaloids from Aerial Parts of Mahonia aquifolium. Izv Akad Nauk Tadzh Ssr Otd Fiz Mat Khim Geol Nauk, 1: 41-46.
BERBAMINE	38	Wood	not available	not available	not available	Slavik, J., Bochorakova, J., Kostalova, D., Hrochova, V. 1985. Alkaloids of Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt. II. Chem Pap, 39(4): 537-542.
BERBERINE	130	Bark	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BERBERINE	130	Leaf	not available	13.0	-1.00	Slavik, J., Bochorakova, J., Kostalova, D., Hrochova, V. 1985. Alkaloids of Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt. II. Chem Pap, 39(4): 537-542.
BERBERINE	130	Plant	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BERBERINE	130	Root	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BERBERINE	130	Root Bark	not available	not available	not available	Kukic, P., Nikolic, R., Gorunovic, M. 1972. Comparative Pharmacognostic Study of Berberis (Barberry) vulgaris and Berberis aquifolium. Acta Pharm Jugosl, 22: 19-24.
BERBERINE	130	Shoot	not available	not available	not available	Duke, 1992 *
BERBERINE	130	Wood	not available	not available	not available	Slavik, J., Bochorakova, J., Kostalova, D., Hrochova, V. 1985. Alkaloids of Mahonia aquifolium (Pursh) Nutt. II. Chem Pap, 39(4): 537-542.
CANADINE	1	Plant	not available	not available	not available	CRC Handbook of Medicinal Herbs and/or CRC Handbook of Proximate Analyses

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List of plant activities.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Chemical Count	Reference
Antimalarial	8	Duke, 1992 *
Antimitotic	1	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antimuscarinic	1	Newall, C. A., Anderson, L. A. and Phillipson, J. D. 1996. Herbal Medicine - A Guide for Health-care Professionals. The Pharmaceutical Press, London. 296pp.
Antimutagenic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimyalgic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antimycotic	1	Mills, Simon and Bone, Kerry. 2000. Phytotherapy. Churchill Livinston, Edinburgh.
Antineoplastic	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antinephritic	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antineuromuscular	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiobesity	1	Duke, 1992 *
Antiophidic	1	Economic & Medicinal Plant Research, 5: 363.
Antioxidant	5	Duke, 1992 *
Antiperistaltic	1	Bruneton, J. 1999. Pharmacognosy, Phytochemistry, Medicinal Plants. 2nd Ed. Lavoisier Publishing, Paris. 1119 pp.
Antipharyngitic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antiphotooxidative	2	Duke, 1992 *
Antiplasmodial	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antipneumonic	1	Pizzorno, J.E. and Murray, M.T. 1985. A Textbook of Natural Medicine. John Bastyr College Publications, Seattle, Washington (Looseleaf).
Antipyretic	3	Huang, K. C. 1993. The Pharmacology of Chinese Herbs. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL 388 pp.
Antiradicular	4	Duke, 1992 *
Antirenitic	1	Uchida, U., Ohta, H., Niwa, M., Mori, A., Nonaka, G-i., Nishioka, I., and Zaki, M. 1989. Prolongation of Life Span of Stroke-Prone Spontaneously Hypertensive Rats (SHRSP) Ingesting Persimmon Tannin. Chem. Pharm. Bull. 38(4): 1049-1052, 1990.